i have had several invites to assessment days with SWR, unfortunately i have not been able to commit to the dates, as they have been given with very short notice, and with my current employer, time off running up to christmas is rare! I passed all assessments with GWR recently in Swindon, but apparently they are not transferable to SWR and will have to attend southampton to do them (similar?) again.
i, now struggling to rejig my work rota for january to fit with the assessment day as i would still like to keep this opportunity 'live' , so to speak.
This may be hard to hear but if you really want the role and assessment days are giving at short notice then your best call is to phone in sick. I know you don't want to trouble your manager and inconvenience your colleagues but sometimes you got to for the long run for your own personal gain. My notice period was 6 months but I only gave 2 because I knew if I waited my notice period out there is a strong possibility the offer wouldn't be there anymore. I would have loved to have given more notice because I didn't want to inconvenience my colleague but it was too much of a good opportunity to turn down.